"Tardust" ring owned by Saul Williams: Museum Object and Cultural History
"Tardust" ring owned by Saul Williams: Date: 2007. Designed by: Melody Ehsani, American. Owned by: Saul Williams, American, born 1972.
The object in the museum catalogue
Ring featuring the word [Tardust] in cursive-style letters at the top of the ring. Letters made of a light blue-green plastic with red and yellow pigment. Word is on a plastic black background, shaped around the letters. Top of the ring adhered to shank that holds three fingers. Shank made of three sections of white plastic.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2007
- Designed by: Melody Ehsani, American
- Owned by: Saul Williams, American, born 1972
- Type: finger rings
- Medium: metal, plastic
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 1 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 13/16 in. (3.5 × 7.9 × 2.1 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Beauty culture
- Topic: Clothing and dress
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
- Topic: Identity
- Topic: Language
- Topic: Music
- Object number: 2014.188.5
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Saul Williams
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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